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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFortune: Bernie Sanders Becomes Silicon Valley Favorite
During the last quarter of 2015, Bernie raised approximately $105,000 from employees working at the five largest technology companies in Silicon Valley, The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing data obtained from the Federal Election Commission. Clinton pulled in about $95,000 from workers at the same companies.
It was the first time Sanders outdrew Hillary Clinton in Silicon Valley donations, dealing yet another blow to the Democratic presidential candidate, who lost to Sanders on Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary.
True to Sanders own claims that the vast majority of his donations come from small donors who support his message, the Journals evaluation of the campaign filings found that most donors gave far less than the maximum campaign contribution amount of $2,700.
Sanders, who is vying for the Democratic candidacy for the 2016 election, was even a favorite among some of the technology industrys biggest companies. Indeed, the Center for Responsive Politics, which evaluates campaign donations and furnished some data to the Journal, found that companies like Apple AAPL 0.31% and Google GOOG -0.12% were among his biggest corporate donors, each doling out thousands of dollars to his campaign.
http://fortune.com/2016/02/10/bernie-sanders-silicon-valley/
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Fortune: Bernie Sanders Becomes Silicon Valley Favorite (Original Post)
BigBearJohn
Feb 2016
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mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)1. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
"National polls show Sanders likely losing the Democratic nomination to Clinton by 13.3%."
This was in Fortune after New Hampshire.
Think about that number. WHere did HRC stand in the polls when this started?
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)2. Hillary is still very much the likely nominee.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)3. "Clinton's the nationwide candidate with a 40-point advantage!"
"Clinton's the leader by 35 points!"
"Clinton's ahead by 30 points: the primary's OVER!"
"Sanders is flagging 25 points behind"
"Clinton 20 points ahead!"
note that nobody "goes back" or gets "won over": once they hear of Sanders they stay with him